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Implementing an Institutional Change in a Regional Context Implementing an institutional change in a regional context A case study of telemedicine implementation and diffusion in Agder. ALEXANDRE RAMANA BENGBA SUPERVISORS Leif Skiftenes Flack Kirsti Askedal University of Agder, 2018 Faculty of social science Department of Information systems Executive summary High life expectancy, aging population and an increasing chronic diseases generates new challenges for the current global healthcare (Brouard, Bardo, Vignot, Bonnet, & Vignot, 2014). Public agencies and business corporates have shown interest in advances technological research and innovation projects to remedy the problem. Innovating in public sector is highly challenging and results shouldn’t be taken for granted (Dacin, Goodstein, & Scott, 2002). Further, there is a lack of understanding how public innovations are created (Sørensen & Torfing, 2011). Theoretically the thesis builds on two strands of theories: institutional entrepreneurship and eHealth. This thesis builds on the assumption that if disposing enough knowledge on institutional entrepreneurship work, public entrepreneurs may be able to plan, organize and facilitate project success. This thesis focuses on “change agents” who initiate divergent changes defined as changes that break the institutional status quo in a field of activity and thereby possibly contribute to transforming existing institutions or creating new ones’(Battilana, Leca, & Boxenbaum, 2009). To investigate how public innovations are created, the following research question was formulated: What are the critical factors enabling institutional entrepreneurs to create and sustain a technological innovation project in regional healthcare context? Built on a qualitative case study research, a total of 11 in-depth, thematic interviews were conducted with actors involved in developing a common telemedicine solution for Agder. The results show how challenging it is to implement change in established organizations. Empirical data indicate that the process of implementing institutional change in a regional context involves a multi-dimensional process of institutional entrepreneurship work including political work, technical work and cultural work. Further, the findings reveal that stakeholder management and a predisposed organizational structure and capabilities are critical factors enabling successful institutional change in large scale health projects. This research adds to the existing institutional entrepreneurship literature by suggesting to add stakeholder management. Keywords: Institutional change, institutional entrepreneurship, institutional entrepreneurship work, innovation in public sector, eHealth, telemedicine. Acknowledgement The journey of this master thesis started more than a year ago. At that time, I was planning to write my master thesis based on benefit realization from implementing information communication technologies in public sector. I then approached the institute master coordinator professor Tom Roar to discuss project opportunities related to this area. It turned out that at that time the local municipality (Kristiansand Kommune) was running a telemedicine implementation project in collaboration with the institute of information systems at the university of Agder Norway. The role played by the institute of information system was to run a benefit realization management study related to the project mentioned above. I have then been redirected to actors within the institute that was involved in the project. This collaboration between the local municipality and the university allowed me to be part of this research project. Through this project, I got in contact with several actors both within the local and outside community. Therefore, I would like to thank the project board for giving me such an opportunity to be a part of this ambitious group and for providing the necessary human resources. This thesis could have never been completed without the help of the entire group. To complete any academic study, I believe that guidance and references are two key elements that contribute to the completion and quality of the deliverable. Therefore, I thank my supervisors Leif Flack Skiftenes and Kirsti Askedal for assisting me through this thesis. Their understanding, guidance and support were beside of the usefulness for this thesis also a great source of inspiration for a future carrier. I finally address my thanks to the entire information system institute staff for their direct or indirect contribution to this thesis. Alexandre Ramana Kristiansand 2018. Table of contents List of tables ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 List of figures ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 6 Research objectives ........................................................................................................................................ 9 Research problem and research question ............................................................................................. 9 Study’s structure ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Theoretical background ............................................................................................................................. 11 The field of eHealth ...................................................................................................................................... 11 The concept of telemedicine .................................................................................................................... 12 Telemedicine implementation challenges. ......................................................................................... 14 Institutional entrepreneurship ............................................................................................................... 16 Creation of a vision for change ................................................................................................................ 21 Mobilizing allies behind the vision ................................................................................................... 21 Political work ............................................................................................................................................ 23 Technical work ......................................................................................................................................... 24 Cultural work............................................................................................................................................. 24 Promoting local ownership ............................................................................................................. 25 Communicating across organizational cultures ...................................................................... 25 Emphasizing rational evidence...................................................................................................... 25 Demonstrating commitment. ......................................................................................................... 26 Theoretical summary .................................................................................................................................. 26 Method .............................................................................................................................................................. 28 Research design ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Case selection ................................................................................................................................................. 29 Data collection ............................................................................................................................................... 29 Data analysis ................................................................................................................................................... 32 Data preparation: ..................................................................................................................................... 32 Data organization .................................................................................................................................... 33 Reporting findings ................................................................................................................................... 34 Validity and reliability ................................................................................................................................ 35 Validity ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Reliability .................................................................................................................................................... 36 Ethical considerations 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